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Every House Needs Roof Overhangs
Adequate roof overhangs help shade windows in hot weather and reduce the amount of rain that hits your siding, windows, and doors
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A Contrarian View of Passive Solar Design
Don’t obsess over south overhangs
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Cost-Effective Passive Solar Design
Orient your house properly, include an adequate amount of south-facing glazing protected by roof overhangs, and include some interior thermal mass
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Architects Discuss Passive Solar Design
Green Architects’ Lounge: Chris, Phil, and Jesse explain how the sun can help heat your house
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Designing Houses That Keep Their Cool
Follow these strategies to reduce the need for air conditioning
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Blue Heron EcoHaus: Adding Walls and Roof
The double-stud exterior walls are modeled on those developed by Saskatchewan superinsulation pioneer Rob Dumont
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Designing for a Hot, Humid City
In an interview, architect Peter Pfeiffer shares lessons learned throughout his career as we look at a modern farmhouse his firm recently designed.
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Solar Decathlon 2011: A Flat-Roofed House from Florida International
This pavilion-like home is designed to make the most of South Florida’s climate – and protect its occupants when the weather gets stormy
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Hot-Climate Design
Appropriate details help keep a house cool
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Reinventing a Passive Solar Design
A New Mexican builder updates the work of his father with a new and improved project nearly 40 years after the original
